In an age of medical break-through, can modern medicine play a role in the battle against todays obesity epidemic? Xenical has traditionally been a prescription only capsule prescribed to obese patients, and recently, the FDA gave the thumbs up to an over the counter version – Alli. Both products contain the active ingredient Orlistat, a lipase inhibitor that helps prevent fat being absorbed into the body.
Understand How To Lose Weight!
The human body is incredibly complex. Every second, millions of physiological and chemical reactions take place in order to maintain good health. The body both creates things (eg. heat, muscle, proteins, RNA, hair, nails, enzymes, fat tissue, bones) and breaks things down (food, stored fat, etc.). These anabolic and catabolic processes, along with all organs and systems, need fuel to enable them to function. The fuel or energy that the body uses, comes from the food and drink…
Nutrition Notes on Weight Loss Supplements and Diet Pills
More and more spend hundred and even thousands of dollars yearly on weight loss supplements in the hope of speeding up their metabolism. The main desire is to be attractive and accepted but it is becoming a more difficult goal to achieve. The fitness industry is booming but still a lot of people are unable to cut those fat in spite of all the exercise and diet efforts. In America, more than sixty per cent of adults are overweight and thirty per cent are considered obese.
Hoodia Gordonii – Why Hoodia Beats Man-Made Diet Pills Every Time
What’s so great about Hoodia? Here are 3 reasons why Hoodia is better than any diet pill for helping you lose weight quickly and safely.
Carbohydrates And Losing Weight!
In simple terms, carbohydrates are broken down by various enzymes into simple sugars then glucose so they can be absorbed into the blood. Digestive enzymes are like biological scissors – they chop long starch molecules into simpler ones.
According to experts, if we cannot burn all the fat we consume, the remainder is stored as fat tissue. This fat-burning ability is determined by the amount of insulin in our bloodstream. [Note: a major factor in insulin release is the glyc…
Carb Blockers Lose the Fat
Carb blockers inhibit the body from absorbing as much carbohydrates, resulting in weight loss when coupled with a sensible diet. In many situations these blockers can help with weight-loss.
Diet Pills Are They Magic or Just a Placebo?
With todays corporate marketing firms, specialized nutrition companies are really selling the powerful weight loss elements that their newest product contains. But what is true and what is false? And does there really exist a magical weight loss pill. The answer may surprise you.
Diet Pills The Answer Or Not?
So if diet pills work and I am overweight, why shouldnt I use them to get myself back to where I want to be? The truth is that we live in an obese society. With that being the case, then it stands to reason that the business of losing weight is big. We are all busy, so we want the easy way out, the quick fix, and to lose those extra pounds without having to disrupt our busy lives. Diet pills seem to be an easy answer, so why not give them a try? Well there are actually two b…
Does Hoodia Work? 3 Ways Hoodia Helps You Lose Weight
Hoodia Gordonii can help you lose weight in 3 specific ways. Does that mean it will? Not necessarily. Learn how to make Hoodia work for you to get the best weight loss results.
Should We Avoid Carbs?
Very complex carbs (dietary fiber) also have a very complicated molecular structure, and also are resistant to most digestive enzymes produced by the human body. As a result, they cannot be broken down into glucose or other nutrients at all. This is why fiber transits the intestinal tract largely undigested. This has a knock-on effect on the speed of digestion of other carbs around them. For example, where certain starches are “protected” by indigestible fibrous wrapping, the…
Hoodia Gordini: What’s So Great About Hoodia Gordini?
Hoodia Gordini – it’s everywhere these days. On 60 minutes, in the health food store, in your diet pills, on the Internet. You’ve seen it and probably wondered ‘What’s so great about Hoodia?’
Hoodia Gordini is a natural appetite suppressant made from the Hoodia Gordini plant – a cactus of the “succulent” cactus family, which grows in the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa. Hoodia has been used by the indigenous Bushmen for years as a natural appetite suppressant durin…
How To Choose The Right Diet Pill?
Diet drugs are available in several different forms, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and herbal supplements.
When choosing a diet pill it is important to understand what you are getting. There are lots of different types, and each works in a different way. Non prescription diet pills generally contain caffeine, which increases heart rate and basal metabolism and gives you more energy in work outs, which can be quite effective in weight loss.
Once th…